1975 Tenute Silvio Nardi Brunello di Montalcino Casale del Bosco Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  7/16/2023 - KristianT Likes this wine: 96 Points

  This is the kind of wine experience that shows what old wines can do. Having a near perfect wine from your birth year and sharing it with a dear friend from the same year is just about the best thing that can happen to wine lovers.
  
  This 1975 Brunello showed beautifully from when the (very healthy) cork was popped. It did let it slow-ox for six hours. When poured, it showed wonderful secondary and tertiary notes of leather, pepper and mushrooms. The first sip was a little astringent but after ten minutes in the glass everything came together for an absolutely stunning wine. Beautiful colours and even fruity notes despite its tender age. Wow! What a treat.

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  10/30/2021 - pavel_p wrote: 89 Points

  Perfect bottle with bottom neck fill and a clean cork with only the bottom third soaked. Pnp. Transparent slightly matt garnet with almost no browning. Initially some medicinal notes, later more sous bois and some brett, good acidity but also the usual sweetness of a very old wine. Medium (-) tannins are still providing good grip. Just a touch oxidative on the finish.
  This is my third 75 Brunello in the last few years, and once again I am impressed that just like the other two this is showing less oxidative than most Brunellos all the way from the 80s to the early 2000s taste when you open them today. The wine making must have changed at most producers in the late 70s / early 80s to meet consumers' preference for earlier accessible wines.
  Having said that, unlike the 75 Lisini Riserva and the 75 Poggio alle Mura, at least this very well kept bottle of the Nardi Riserva seems to be at the very end of its journey. Will not wait too long with my next bottle.

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